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A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.

    No longer neutral waters: What Baltic Sea strategy for Sweden after NATO enlargement?

    No longer neutral waters: What Baltic Sea strategy for Sweden after NATO enlargement?

    If you're wondering why Sweden and Finland broke with neutrality and joined NATO, just look at a map. Long before 2022 and Vladimir Putin's play for Ukraine's capital, Stockholm was already boosting its military, reintroducing a base on the strategic island of Gotland in 2018. Across the Baltic Sea lies the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. We bring you an exclusive FRANCE 24 report from Gotland. 

    • 25 min
    The odd couple? Lula rolls out red carpet for Macron in Brazil state visit

    The odd couple? Lula rolls out red carpet for Macron in Brazil state visit

    Kindred spirits or odd couple? Three days of joint photo ops featuring Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva make for more than just entertaining viewing: they're downright confusing. The first state visit by a French president to Brazil in 11 years highlights how long overdue this reckoning was.

    • 25 min
    Pressure on Netanyahu: What response as US lifts Gaza ceasefire veto?

    Pressure on Netanyahu: What response as US lifts Gaza ceasefire veto?

    With the war between Israel and Hamas now in its sixth month, the needle is moving. But by how much? For the first time, the United States has lifted its veto on a UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In past conflicts, whenever Washington has called time, Israel has bended. But what's to say this story follows the pattern?

    • 25 min
    Russia in shock: What fallout from worst terror attack in decades?

    Russia in shock: What fallout from worst terror attack in decades?

    The West blames jihadist radicals, the Kremlin is searching for a Ukraine connection and Moscow is reeling. Russia's deadliest terror attack in nearly two decades follows the same modus operandi as the 2015 Bataclan concert hall massacre in Paris.

    • 24 min
    Ukraine and arms supply: Can the EU bridge the gap?

    Ukraine and arms supply: Can the EU bridge the gap?

    Ukraine is the central theme of EU talks in Brussels, and notably whether Russian assets frozen in Europe should be diverted to Kyiv for the war effort. The support of the 27 states is increasingly under the spotlight as doubts persist over America's continued financing of the Ukrainian resistance. 

    • 42 min
    Next move towards a truce? Blinken tours Middle East to secure Israel-Hamas deal

    Next move towards a truce? Blinken tours Middle East to secure Israel-Hamas deal

    In this edition of The Debate, we examine the situation in Gaza as diplomatic efforts are stepped up to find a path to a truce. This as the death toll continues to rise.

    • 42 min

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